DirectoryInfoGetFiles Method (String) |
Returns a file list from the current directory matching the given search pattern.
Namespace:
Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem
Assembly:
AlphaFS (in AlphaFS.dll) Version: 2.0
Syntax public FileInfo[] GetFiles(
string searchPattern
)
Public Function GetFiles (
searchPattern As String
) As FileInfo()
public:
array<FileInfo^>^ GetFiles(
String^ searchPattern
)
member GetFiles :
searchPattern : string -> FileInfo[]
Parameters
- searchPattern
- Type: SystemString
The search string to match against the names of directories in path.
This parameter can contain a combination of valid literal path and wildcard
(WildcardStarMatchAll and WildcardQuestion) characters, but does not support regular expressions.
Return Value
Type:
FileInfoAn array of type
FileInfo.
Exceptions Remarks The order of the returned file names is not guaranteed; use the Sort() method if a specific sort order is required.
Remarks If there are no files in the
DirectoryInfo, this method returns an empty array.
Remarks
The EnumerateFiles and GetFiles methods differ as follows: When you use EnumerateFiles, you can start enumerating the collection of names
before the whole collection is returned; when you use GetFiles, you must wait for the whole array of names to be returned before you can access the array.
Therefore, when you are working with many files and directories, EnumerateFiles can be more efficient.
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